Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-27

being no bad swamps or stagnant wa
ter. The county is bounded on the
north by Cheboygan and Presque Isle,
on the east by Alpena, on the south
by Oscoda, and on the west by Otse-
go.
In the southwest part of the county
is Albert township, in the west Wheat
field, in the north Montmorency, in
the east Hillman, in the southeast
Rust, and in the center Briley town.
ships. The roads and school houses
appear on the map, showing where
the county is most thickly settled.
The village of Hill man is situated
in the township of Hillman, near the
eastern line of the county, and is the
county-seat. The village of Atlanta
is situated in the township of Briley,
near the center, and the village of
Vienna in Albert, near the western
| line.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81 square
miles, "a, 800 acres, of which $4,000
acres are first class farming land, A.
900 acres are occupied by settlers, leav-
10000 acres unoccupied, which can
be bought at from SO to SIS an acre.
There are II 800 acres of stump land
and plains, of which some good farms
can be made, and which can be bought
much cheaper.
Montmorency.-is the largest town
ship in the county, occupying more
than one-fourth of the territory, con-
tanning 1872 square miles-more than
100, 900 acres. There are thousands
of acres of excellent farming lands
in this township which can be bought
at from $3.50 to 81 per acre. There
is good opportunity for large col
ony of settlers, only few thousand
acres being occupied, in the eastern
part.
Hillman.--contains 108 square
miles, or $4,000 acres, about forty
thousand acres of good farming land
consisting of large tracts of hardwood
timber and burnt lands, about eight
thousand acres are occupied, leaving
$4,000 acres open for new settlers,
which can be bought at from So to So
per acre the balance is stump land
and plains and can be had cheaper.
Rust.-has 10S square miles, CIR
$4,000 acres, one-half the township is
excellent farming land, the balance
stump land and plains. There are
about twenty thousand acres, mostly
hardwood timber, in the northeastern
part of the township, which is par
ticulary fine body, and of which there
is about fifteen thousand acres unoc-
cupied, which can be had from $3.50
to So per acre.
Briley.-contains 81 square miles,
or "a, 800 acres, about seventeen thous-
and acres of first class farming land,
mostly hardwood timber. Many
thousand acres are unoccupied and
can be bought at reasonable prices
from So to So. per acre.
Albert.-has 80 square miles, or
about 1900 acres, about twenty-five
thousand acres of choice farming land
in body, in the northwest part of
the township, a portion of which is
unoccupied, and can be bought at
from 81 to So per acre.
There is still distributed over this
county about five thousand acres of
State swamp land, $40 acres of pri-
mary school, and 7,774 acres of agri-
cultural college land and about 25,-
600 acres of government land, which
can be homesteaded or bought at 81 %
per acre.
Farming is proving very successful,
the land referred to in the different
townships as farming is the very best,
being mostly gravel and sand loan,
mixed more or less with clay and is
very rich and productive. All kinds
of grain are successfully raised, wheat
and oats doing especially well ; wheat
never known to kill out. On hay and
root crops we can beat the world, pas
ture very fine. Would like to give
detailed account of the products of
some of the farms but want of space
The extensive numbering OPP
erations carried on afford a good
market for everything raised.
All the hardwood land is adapted
to fruit culture. Being natural tree
land all fruit trees are doing well
some of the first set out, only few
years ago this year, are heavily laden
with frnit